Champion (disambiguation) explained

A champion is a first-place winner in a competition, along with other definitions discussed in the article.

Champion or Champions may also refer to:

Brands and enterprises

• Champion (sportswear), a clothing manufacturer
• Champion (spark plug), a brand of ignition system components
• Champion (supermarket), a defunct French supermarket chain
• Champion (automobile), a German producer of small cars
• Champion Air, defunct American charter airline
• Champion Aircraft, a former light aircraft manufacturer
• Champion Bridge Co., an Ohio-based bridge manufacturer
• Champion Energy, a Houston-based retail electric provider (REP)
• Champion Homes, a modular homes manufacturing company
• Studebaker Champion, an automobile

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Champion of the Universe, a Marvel Comics character
• Champion the Wonder Horse, Gene Autry's horse as portrayed in movies and television shows
• Champions (1975 team), a Marvel Comics superhero team that debuted in 1975
• Champions (2016 team), a Marvel Comics superhero team that debuted in 2016
• The Champion, a transcendent class in the MMORPG Ragnarok Online
• Champions, a group of characters in The Legend of Zelda franchise

Films

• The Champion (1915 film), a Charlie Chaplin film
• The Champion (1943 film), an Italian film directed by Carlo Borghesio
• Champion (1949 film), an American boxing drama starring Kirk Douglas
• The Champion (1973 film), a Hong Kong film
• The Champions (1983 film), a Hong Kong film
• Champions (1984 film), a UK film by John Irvin, starring John Hurt, based on the life of Bob Champion
• The Mighty Ducks, 1992 film released as Champions in the UK and Australia
• Champions (1997 film), an American film by Peter Gathings Bunche
• Champion (2000 film), a Hindi film directed by Padam Kumar
• Champion (2002 film), a South Korean film about boxer Duk Koo Kim
• Champion (2003 film), an Indian Bengali film about sports
• Champion (2017 film), an American film starring Gary Graham
• Champion (2018 film), a South Korean film starring Ma Dong-seok
• Champions (2018 film), a Spanish film natively titled Campeones
  • Champions (2021 film), a Saudi Arabian-Spanish film directed by Manuel Calvo, a remake of the above
  • Champions (2023 film), an American film starring Woody Harrelson, a remake of the above
• Champion (2019 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
• The Champion (2020 film), a Polish-language film
• Champion (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film starring Sunny Leone

Television

Episodes

• "Champion", Apple & Onion season 1, episode 40 (2020)
• "Champion", Baki the Grappler season 1, episode 17 (2001)
• "Champion", Beast Tamer episode 12 (2022)
• "Champion", Dr. Christian season 1, episode 36 (1957)
• "Champion", Heartstrings (South Korean) episode 3 (2011)
• "Champion", Lassie (1954) season 3, episode 20 (1957)
• "Champion", On the Rocks (American) episode 6 (1975)
• "Champion", Transformers: Cybertron episode 19 (2005)
• "Champions", American Chronicles episode 13 (1990)
• "Champions", Kengan Ashura season 1 part 1, episode 20 (2019)
• "Champions", Legion of Super Heroes season 1, episode 5 (2006)
• "Champions", Skate-Leading Stars episode 8 (2021)
• "Champions", The Dumping Ground series 7, episode 20 (2019)
• "Chapter 3: Champion", The OA season 1, episode 3 (2016)
• "The Champion", Climax! season 1, episode 20 (1955)
• "The Champion", Dick Turpin series 1, episode 3 (1979)
• "The Champion", Dr. Finlay's Casebook series 4, episode 2 (1965)
• "The Champion", Dynasty (Australian) series 1, episode 8 (1970)
• "The Champion", Fatty and George episode 4 (1981)
• "The Champion", Mo Dao Zu Shi season 1, episode 7 (2018)
• "The Champion", The Adventures of Robin Hood series 4, episode 23 (1959)
• "The Champion", V: The Series episode 14 (1985)
• "Williams: The Champions", Extraordinary People series 2, episode 1 (1993)

Shows

• Champion (Canadian TV series), a Canadian sports biography television series
• Champion (British TV series), a musical British television series
• Champions (Indian TV series), 2013–2014
• Champions (American TV series), 2018
• The Adventures of Champion (TV series) (1955–1956), a children's TV series (known as Champion the Wonder Horse on British TV)
• The Champions (miniseries), a 1986 Canadian documentary about Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque
• The Champion (TV series), a 2004 Singaporean Chinese MediaCorp idol drama
• The Champions (1968–1969), a British espionage/science fiction adventure series
• (2019–2020), a spin-off to the American talent series, America's Got Talent
• (2019), a spin-off to the British talent series, Britain's Got Talent

Games and toys

• Champions (role-playing game), a game to simulate a superhero comic book world
  • Champions Online, a 2009 MMORPG loosely based on the above
• Champion, a Beanie Baby bear made by Ty, Inc.
• Champion, a jumping piece in the game of Omega Chess

Music

Groups and labels

• Champion (band), an American hardcore band
• Champion Records (1925), and its successor label
• Champion Records (1950s), a Nashville, Tennessee-based label
• Champion Records (1980), a British record label

Albums

• Champion (EP), by Brother Ali
• Champion (Beckah Shae album)
• Champion (Bishop Briggs album)
• Champion (RuPaul album)
• Champion (The Audition album), 2008
• The Champion, an album by Carman
• , a 2009 compilation album by Nigerian rapper ELDee
• Champion (Peter Cornell album), 2014

Songs

• "Champion" (Ace Hood song)
• "Champion" (Agnes song), a 2006 song by Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson
• "Champion" (Bethel Music and Dante Bowe song), 2020
• "Champion" (Chipmunk song), a 2011 rap song
• "Champion" (Clemens song), 2010
• "Champion" (Clement Marfo & The Frontline song), 2012
• "Champion" (Fall Out Boy song), 2017
• "Champion" (Kanye West song), 2007
• "Champion" (Nicki Minaj song), 2012
• "Champion", a song by the Japanese band Alice, 1978
• "Champion", a song by Buju Banton from his 2001 compilation album Ultimate Collection (Buju Banton album)
• "Champion", a song by The Chevin from the 2012 album Borderland
• "Champion", coronation song selection for 2015 American Idol XIV runner-up Clark Beckham
• "Champion", a song by Dwayne "DJ" Bravo
• "Champion", a song by Flipsyde
• "Champion", a song by Grinspoon from the 1998 album Guide to Better Living
• "Champion", a song by Sia from the 2024 album Reasonable Woman (album)
• "Champions" (GOOD Music song), 2016
• "Champions" (Paid in Full song), 2002
• "Champions" (Usher and Rubén Blades song), 2016
• "Champions", a song by James Blunt from the 2019 album Once Upon a Mind
• "Champions", a song by O.A.R. featuring B.o.B
• "Champions", a song by Sumi Jo
• "The Champion" (song), a song by Carrie Underwood featuring Ludacris, 2018
• "The Champions", a song by DJ Kay Slay from the 2003 album The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1

Periodicals

• The Champion, the magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• The Champion Magazine, 1916–1917 magazine founded by Fenton Johnson (poet)
• The Daily Champion, English language newspaper in Nigeria
• The Moree Champion, previously The North West Champion, in Moree, New South Wales
• The Sligo Champion, weekly regional newspaper published in Sligo, Ireland
• The Western Champion (Parkes), weekly newspaper published in Parkes, New South Wales
• The Western Champion (Queensland), weekly newspaper published in Queensland, Australia

Other uses in art and entertainment

• Champion (novel), a 2013 novel by Marie Lu
• Champion (opera), a 2013 biographical/philosophical work on Emile Griffith's fatal boxing match
• The Champion (story paper), a British comic book which ran from 1922 until 1955

Sports

• Champion (sportswear), a manufacturer of various classes of clothing
• Champion Stadium, a baseball stadium at Walt Disney World
• Champion Stakes, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain
• PGA Champions Tour, a golf circuit for seniors
• The Champions Classic, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1985
• Champion (horse) (1797–?), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

Titles or roles

• Champion of/for, one who supports or advocates for a cause or constituency, as in patient advocacy
• Queen's Champion, a British office and its incumbent
• King's Champion, a British office and its incumbent

People with the name

• Champion (surname)
• Champion Jack Dupree (died 1992), American blues pianist
• DJ Champion, stage name of Maxime Morin, a Quebec electronic musician

Places

Canada

• Champion, Alberta

United States

• Champion (VTA), a light rail station in San Jose, California
• Champion, Michigan
• Champion, Nebraska
• Champion, New York
• Champion, Wisconsin
• Champion Township, Michigan
• Champion Township, Minnesota
• Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Transportation

• Champion (train), a defunct train service between New York and Florida
• Aeronca Champion, a light aircraft
• Avid Champion, an ultralight aircraft
• HMS Champion, the name of five Royal Navy ships
• USS Champion, the name of several US Navy ships

Other uses

• Champion (apple), a hybrid cultivar crossed in Czech republic
• Champion (role variant), a personality type of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
• "Champion land", another term for the open field system used in medieval and early modern Europe
• Champion (horse) (1797–?), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

See also

• • • Champ (disambiguation)
• Championship
• Champions League (disambiguation)
• Champs (disambiguation)
• Champignon – similar spelling